HR 18 (2025): urging the New Hampshire congressional delegation to sponsor legislation relative to, and urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to adopt regulations, allowing for small scale and very small slaughter plants to use the Federal Meat Inspection Act’s Custom Exempt meat processing inspection criteria with a third-party inspector present at slaughter, so that processed beef, pork, lamb, and chevron (goat meat) can be sold as individual cuts directly from the farm producer to the end consumer.
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- “HR 18 (2025): urging the New Hampshire congressional delegation to sponsor legislation relative to, and urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to adopt regulations, allowing for small scale and very small slaughter plants to use the Federal Meat Inspection Act’s Custom Exempt meat processing inspection criteria with a third-party inspector present at slaughter, so that processed beef, pork, lamb, and chevron (goat meat) can be sold as individual cuts directly from the farm producer to the end consumer.” Granite Record, https://graniterecord.org/bill/2025/hr18. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.
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- Granite Record. (n.d.). HR 18 (2025): urging the New Hampshire congressional delegation to sponsor legislation relative to, and urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to adopt regulations, allowing for small scale and very small slaughter plants to use the Federal Meat Inspection Act’s Custom Exempt meat processing inspection criteria with a third-party inspector present at slaughter, so that processed beef, pork, lamb, and chevron (goat meat) can be sold as individual cuts directly from the farm producer to the end consumer. Retrieved 19 Oct. 2026, from https://graniterecord.org/bill/2025/hr18
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- Granite Record. “HR 18 (2025): urging the New Hampshire congressional delegation to sponsor legislation relative to, and urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to adopt regulations, allowing for small scale and very small slaughter plants to use the Federal Meat Inspection Act’s Custom Exempt meat processing inspection criteria with a third-party inspector present at slaughter, so that processed beef, pork, lamb, and chevron (goat meat) can be sold as individual cuts directly from the farm producer to the end consumer.” Accessed 19 Oct. 2026. https://graniterecord.org/bill/2025/hr18.
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HR 18 (2025)
urging the New Hampshire congressional delegation to sponsor legislation relative to, and urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to adopt regulations, allowing for small scale and very small slaughter plants to use the Federal Meat Inspection Act’s Custom Exempt meat processing inspection criteria with a third-party inspector present at slaughter, so that processed beef, pork, lamb, and chevron (goat meat) can be sold as individual cuts directly from the farm producer to the end consumer.
- Status: Adopted by the House
- Term: 2025-2026
- House committee: Environment and Agriculture
- Subject: Agriculture
The Story
The committee held a public hearing on March 18, 2025, with 6 people signed in online: 4 in support and 2 in opposition. The committee met in executive session on March 18, 2025 to vote on its recommendation. The committee held a work session on March 18, 2025. The committee voted unanimously, 15–0, to recommend that the House pass it with changes (amendment 2025-1073h), and the report was placed on the consent calendar. The committee's amendment (2025-1073h) was adopted on a voice vote on March 26, 2025, changing the text of the bill. On March 26, 2025 the House voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote.
Sponsors
- Rep. Judy Aron (R - Sull 4) (prime sponsor)
- Rep. Peter Bixby (D - Straf 13)
Hearings and Sessions
- March 18, 2025, 10:30 AM: public hearing, LOB 301-303
- March 18, 2025, 10:45 AM: full committee work session, LOB 301-303
- March 18, 2025, 12:00 PM: executive session, LOB 301-303
- March 26, 2025: floor debate, House
Votes
- March 26, 2025, House: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1073h — voice vote, passed
The Docket
- March 12, 2025: Introduced pursuant to Rule 36c 03/06/2025
- March 18, 2025: Public Hearing: 03/18/2025 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- March 18, 2025: Executive Session: 03/18/2025 12:00 pm LOB 301-303
- March 18, 2025: Full Committee Work Session: 03/18/2025 10:45 am LOB 301-303
- March 18, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1073h (NT) 03/18/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC)
- March 26, 2025: Amendment # 2025-1073h (NT): AA VV 03/26/2025
- March 26, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1073h: MA VV 03/26/2025